Earl Wilson (columnist)

Earl Wilson (columnist)

Earl Wilson (May 3, 1907 in Rockford, OhioJanuary 16, 1987 in Yonkers, New York) was an American journalist, gossip columnist and author, perhaps best known for his nationally syndicated column, "It Happened Last Night".

Wilson's column originated from the New York Post and ran from 1942 until 1983. His chronicling of the Broadway scene during the "Golden Age" of show business formed the basis for a book published in 1971, "The Show Business Nobody Knows". He signed his columns with the tag line, "That's Earl, brother." His nickname was "Midnight Earl." In later years, the name of his column was changed to "Last Night with Earl Wilson". In his final years with the Post, he alternated with the paper's entertainment writer and restaurant critic, Martin Burden, in turning out the column (Burden, who died in 1993, took over the "Last Night" column full-time upon Wilson's retirement).

Wilson appeared in a few films as himself, notably the Groucho Marx-Carmen Miranda movie "Copacabana" (1947), "A Face in the Crowd" (1957), "College Confidential" (1960), and "Beach Blanket Bingo" (1965). His son, Earl Wilson, Jr., became a songwriter for the musical theatre.

References

*Riley, Sam G. "Biographical Dictionary of American Newspaper Columnists". Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1995.

External links

*imdb name|id=0933350|name=Earl Wilson
* [http://www.actorscabaret.org/news/032805.htm Actors Cabaret of Eugene News] - about Earl Wilson, Jr., with some information on Earl Wilson
* [http://creativequotations.com/one/2506.htm Creative Quotations from Earl Wilson]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40717F8395B0C748DDDA80894DF484D81 Obituary] in The New York Times, January 17, 1987.
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A0DE6DE103EF935A15751C0A960948260 Obituary] in The New York Times of his wife, Rosemary (published February 26, 1986); she was the "B.W." (Beautiful Wife) he referred to in his columns


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